Parent Resources

Are you having difficulty managing your teens behavior? Here we have compiled a list of resources ranging from websites to videos to help you and your troubled teen.

 Websites:

  • Helpguide.org

    • Is your teenager violent, depressed, abusing alcohol or drugs, or facing other problems? Here’s how to ease the stress at home and help your teen transition into a happy, successful adult

  • StrugglingTeens.com

    • With a combination of training and 20+ years of experience, our educational consultants provide balanced news, information, and provide professional help for parents of struggling and troubled teens helping families find programs, services and schools for teens and at-risk youth.

  • Youth.gov

    • Variety of resources such as articles, toolkits, etc. in a wide range of topics such as bullying, gang violence, teen dating violence and suicide.

  • HelpYourTeens.com

    • Parent’s Universal Resource Experts, Inc. (P.U.R.E.™) was founded in 2001 by author and parent advocate, Sue Scheff. Since that time, P.U.R.E.™ has provided over 100,000 families with valuable information and resources for their at risk children and teens.  P.U.R.E. helps to provide advice on boarding schools and programs to help troubled teens.

  • TheMentorNetwork.com

    • At The MENTOR Network, we have more than 30 years of experience providing services for youth and families at risk. Our experienced staff and caring foster parents, who we call “Mentors,” are dedicated to helping youth of all ages and their families lead healthy, stable lives. We offer a continuum of community-based services—including Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) and family preservation services—designed to help the children and families we serve build stronger foundations and brighter futures, no matter their background or barriers.

  • At-risk.com

    • A great resource for schools, pediatrician offices, therapist offices, etc. in that it has material you can give children and teens who are struggling with mental health and other issues. 

 

Books:

o Helping Your Troubled Teen

Cynthia S. Kaplan, Ph,  Blaise A. Aguirre, MD, Michael Rater, MD

o Parenting a Teen Who has Intense Emotions: DBT Skills to Help Your Teen Navigate Emotional and Behavioral Challenges

Pat Harvery ACSW, LCSW-C, Britt H. Rathbone, MSSW, LCSW-C

o Parenting a Troubled Teen (Manage Conflict and Deal with Intense Emotions)

Patricia E. Zurita Ona, PsyD

 

Podcasts:

o   Power your Parenting: Moms with Teens

o   Today’s Teenager

o   Parenting Great Kids with Dr. Meg Meeker

 

DC Resources:

  • Capital Guardian Youth ChalleNGe Academy

    •    “The mission of the District of Columbia National Guard Capital Guardian Youth ChalleNGe Academy is to intervene in and reclaim the lives of 16-18-year-old high school dropouts, producing program graduates with the values, life skills, education, and self-discipline necessary to succeed as productive citizens”

  • Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the National Capital Area

  • The House DC

    • The House DC’s vision is to transform and empower the lives of inner-city youth and their families through Christ by giving them hope, a productive future, and a changed community.

  • Stand Up for Kids

    • StandUp for Kids is a national non-profit organization dedicated to ending the cycle of youth homelessness in local communities like yours.

 

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